Civic Studies » michael http://civicstudies.org An intellectual community of researchers and practitioners dedicated to building the emerging field of civic studies Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:28:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Northern Gateway Pipeline – Community Advisory Boards http://participedia.net/en/cases/northern-gateway-pipeline-community-advisory-boards http://participedia.net/en/cases/northern-gateway-pipeline-community-advisory-boards#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2015 14:07:05 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=0c74158b82a60a83028af0b95fc96356
Apr 10 '15
In 2002, Enbridge Inc, began conducting feasibility studies into what has become known as the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal. If built, this double pipeline would carry diluted bitumen from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimate, British Columbia, and natural gas condensate in the other direction (from Kitimate to Bruderheim). In order to...
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Jan 30 '14
Participedians may be interested in a new report from the IBM Center for The Business of Government. The report is entitled: ‘Engaging Citizens in Co-Creation in Public Services’. The authors, Satish Nambisan and Priya Nambisan, present four roles that citizens can play in the co-creation of public services.
Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2014/01/30/new-report-engaging-citizens-in-co-creation-in-public-services/feed/ 0 AmericaSpeaks Closes Down http://participedia.net/en/news/2014/01/14/americaspeaks-closes-down http://participedia.net/en/news/2014/01/14/americaspeaks-closes-down#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:06:05 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=5d083a7b94e2ea3c485f53ef3fce2084 Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2014/01/14/americaspeaks-closes-down/feed/ 0 Introducing Participedia – Big Event in London! http://participedia.net/en/news/2014/01/10/introducing-participedia-big-event-london http://participedia.net/en/news/2014/01/10/introducing-participedia-big-event-london#comments Fri, 10 Jan 2014 21:14:34 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=11c42f44dff882387199b49a767b58ad
Jan 10 '14
The Centre for the Study of Democracy (CSD) at the University of Westminster will be holding an event “Introducing Participedia” on 27 January 2014 from 17.00 - 19.30.
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Dec 31 '13
As a fitting finish to 2013, we have profiled six cases that were recently added to Participedia.
Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2013/12/31/innovations-in-participation-2013-participedias-year-in-review/feed/ 0 Vitalizing Democracy Transfer Project http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/29/vitalizing-democracy-transfer-project http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/29/vitalizing-democracy-transfer-project#comments Fri, 29 Nov 2013 22:40:56 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=aa50b95ed46bcdfd14b51099f0e086d9 Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2013/11/29/vitalizing-democracy-transfer-project/feed/ 0 Calling for Nominations for the Penn State Democracy Medal http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/18/calling-nominations-penn-state-democracy-medal http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/18/calling-nominations-penn-state-democracy-medal#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:11:32 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=acd5185bc05cc0c6301e34a43628b675
Nov 18 '13
The Democracy Institute at Penn State has established a Democracy Medal. Each year, the medal will be awarded for “exceptional innovations that advance the design and practice of democracy.” The winner will receive $5,000 and be invited to give a talk at Penn State. You can find more information about the award here: http://cdd.la.psu.edu/research/penn-state-democracy-medal This year’s deadline for nominations is on December 10th.
Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2013/11/18/calling-for-nominations-for-the-penn-state-democracy-medal/feed/ 0 Crowdsourcing in Finland http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/12/crowdsourcing-finland http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/12/crowdsourcing-finland#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2013 15:47:56 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=659264432e9dfb38f359559e1c4f6bd2 Continue reading →]]> http://civicstudies.org/2013/11/12/crowdsourcing-in-finland/feed/ 0 New book about the Australian Citizens’ Parliament http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/04/new-book-about-australian-citizens-parliament http://participedia.net/en/news/2013/11/04/new-book-about-australian-citizens-parliament#comments Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:01:58 +0000 http://civicstudies.org/?guid=e1b44332fc2023c4f05534341f7b4339
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Nov 4 '13

Lyn Carson, John Gastil, Janette Hartz-Karp, and Ron Lubensky have edited a new book about the Australian Citizens’ Parliament. The book contains 22 chapters on a wide range of related topics including institutional design and innovation, deliberation, the flow of beliefs and ideas, facilitation and organizer effects, as well as impacts and reflections.

For more information please follow this link: http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-06012-5.html

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